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Dec. 15, 1925- J. K. LAMBERT GRAIN STOCKING MACHINE Filed NOV 10. 192 '7 Sheets-Sheet l 10, l925 '7 Sheets-Sheet 2 J. K. LAMBERT GRAIN STOOKING MACHINE Filed Nov.

Dec. 15, 1925- Dec. '15, 1925- J. K. LAMBERT GRAIN SITOOKING MACHINE 7 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Nov.

J. K. LAMBERT GRAIN STOCKING MACHINE Filed Nov, 10, l923 T SheetsSheet 4 J. K. LAMBERT GRAIN STOCKING MACHINE Filed Nov, 10. 1923 '1 Sheets-Sheet 5 Dec. 15 1925- J. K. LAMBERT GRAIN STOOKING MACHINE Filed 'Nv. 10. .1923 7 Sheets-Sheet s Patented Dec. 15, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSHUA KENNEDY LAMBERT, OF W'INNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

GRAIN-STOCKING MACHINE.

Application filed November 1 0 (IN to 0m it may con cern Be it known that I, JosI-IUA KENNEDY LAMBERT, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at the city of Vinnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain- Stooking Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines adapted to work in unison with harvesting machines to receive the sheaves of grain as they are bound and to place them upon the ground in stook form. p

The objects of the invention are, first; to provide improved automatically operated means by which the sheaves are received from the binder and turned end for end. Second; to provide automatically operated means to receive the sheaves from the sheaf turning mechanism, upend thesaid sheaves and deliver them in upright position to the stock forming receptacle. Third; to provide automatically operated means whereby when a predetermined number of sheaves have been received in the stook forming receptacle they are bound together, and fourth; to provide a stool; forming receptacle of novel construction having means whereby the same is opened centrally from the bottom to deposit the stool: upon the ground.

\Vith these and certain other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the various novel constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter first fully dcscril'ied in the following specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference also being bad to the drawings forming parthereof, in which similar characters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the different views, and in which-- Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the entire machine.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine.

Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the machine and also showing its position with relation to a binding machine.

Fig. 4 is a floor plan view of the machine.

Fig. 5 is a detail of the sheaf turning mechanism.

Fig. 6 is a fragment of the shoafn'eceiv- 10, 1923. Serial No. 674,079.

ing member forming part of the sheaf turnmechanism, and illustrating by dotted lines, the action of the sheaf discharging means.

Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the sheaf receiver.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the clutch and track by which rotation of the sheaf turner is maintained after the load has been. discharged.

Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a detail of the sheaf gripping arm operating mechanism, the movements of the said arm being shown in dotted, lines.

Fig. 11 is detail showing the track by which the sheaf discharge of the sheaf turning mechanism is operated.

Fig. 12 is a bottom plan view of the stationary collar by, which the sheaf gripping arm is maintained in raised position while the sheaves are being discharged and received by the turning mechanism.

Fig. 13 is a front view of the movable collar of the gripping arm which works in conjunction with the stationary collar shown in Fig. 12.

Fig. ltis a top plan view of the collarshown in Fig. 13.

Fig. 15 is a side elevation of the collar shown in Figs. 13 and l-l.

.Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the sheaf upending mechanism.

Fig. 1.7 is a view of the arm and wheels by which the upending trough is moved to vertical position.

Fig. 18 is a side view of the upending trough apart from its immediate connections.

Fig. 19 is a top view ofthe sheaf upending trough.

, F i 20 is a detail view of the stock forming receptacle and the means by which it is operated, the movements of the parts being indicated by dotted lines.

Fig. 21 is a top plan view of the stock forming receptacle.

Fig. 22 is one of the connecting rods forming part of the opening mechanism of the stool; forming receptacle.

Fig. 23 is a top plan view of the jointed arms with which the rod shown in Fig. 22 connects.

24 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 23.

Fig. 25 is a view of one of the resilient sheaf gripping arms forming part of the stook forming receptacle.

Fig. 26 is an enlarged cross section of one of the clutches made use of to bring into operation the various units of the mechanism.

The frame of the stooker is preferably formed from angle iron of suitable weight, and in the drawings 1 and 2 indicate the sill of the machine, these being spaced apart and connected at the front by a cross member 3, a sheet metal plate flooring or platform 4 being carried from the said sills. The superstructure consists of a frame formed from the side members 5 and 6 forwardly cud connected by a cross member 7, the upper-frame being carried by the upright corner posts 8 one at each side suit ably secured to the upper and lower frames, and by a pair of uprights 9 and 10 on ea h side spaced apart for a purpose hereinafter fully explained.

The side members 5 and 6 are connected above the uprights 9 and 10 on each side, by an arch 11.

The structure is supported at the front by caster wheels 12 and at a point towards the rear by the wheels 13 and 14, the axle 15' being suitably journalled in bearings on the sills 1 and 2 and rigidly secured in the wheel 13 to turn therewith. The opposite end of the shaft 15 preferably carries a ratchet wheel 16 (see Fig. 2) while the wheel 14 is provided with spring pawls 17 normally en-- gaging the teeth on the ratchet wheel 16, this being a well known means of connection in mechanism of this character to allow of a differential movement of the wheels 13 and 14 when the line of travel. is other than direct.

The machine so supported may be maintained at a suitable spacing from the binder to travel alongside the same, by braces 18 and 19 running from the member 1 to suitable points on the binder frame, a pair of shafts 20 being connected with the frame member 3 so that a draught animal may be hitched to the machine.

A sprocket wheel 21 is mounted upon the axle 15 and a drive chain 22 connects the said sprocket wheel 21 with a similar sprocket wheel on the end of a shaft 24 suitably journalled in bearings on the frame members 5 and 6, the shaft 24 being in constant rotation as the main drive shaft from which the various units of the mechanism are intermittently operated.

The primary unit of the mechanism is that by which the sheaves are received from the binder, this consisting of an upright shaft 25 mounted in a bearing 26 on a bracket 27 bolted as at 23 to the frame member 1.

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' the The shaft 25 passes up through a platform 29 projecting out to the binder 30, the platform serving to catch shelled grain and so save the same.

The shaft 25 is constantly rotated from the shaft 24 by the mitre gears 31.

A disk 32 is mounted on the shaft 25 below the platform 29 and a sleeve 33 on said shaft carries a similar disk 34, the said disks forming a friction drive operative under the conditions hereinafter set forth.

The sleeve 33 has an upper interiorly enlarged portion 35 adapted to accommodate a collar 36 secured on the shaft 25 and a coiled spring 37 which rests upon the collar.

The upper end of the portion 35 of the sleeve is interiorly screwthreaded to receive the threads on a plug 33 which bears upon the upper end of the spring 37 the plug 38 thus becoming the means by which the tension of the spring 37 may be adjusted for a purpose hereinafter described.

A sheaf receiving plate 39 secured to the sleeve 33 and projecting laterally thereform, is of a size to accommodate two sheaves of grain side by side. As a sheaf is ejected from the binder deck 40 it falls upon the plate 39, the said plate being preferably curved to allow the sheaf to take up a position towards the shaft 25. The tension of the spring 37 is such that it is unaffected by the weight of the first sheaf, but upon the arrival upon the plate of a second sheaf, the weight of the two sheaves operates to depress the plate 39 thus sliding the sleeve 33 down on the shaft 25 and bringing the disk 34 into contact with the rotating disk 32 on the shaft '25.

The faces of the disks 32 and 34 may be corrugated as at 41 to produce a better frictional surface.

When the surfaces of the disks are brought into contact as above described, the sleeve 33 of course revolves with the shaft 25 and as the revolution proceeds a projection 42 formed on the disk 34 engages the under side of a track 43 which follows around the disks, the track being rigidly supported from the platform 29 by the bolts 44, and ending at a point opposite the binder deck 40. Thus the projection 42 being engaged under the track 43, the disks 34 and 32 are maintained in contact for an entire revolution, when the projection 42 having passed the end of the track, the spring 37 releases contact of the disks 34 and 32 and the plate. 39 comes to rest in position to receive the next two sheaves discharged from the binder.

In connection with the above it should be explained that discharge of. the sheaves from the plate 39 occurs at a half revolution of said plate, through the following means- By' reference to Fig. 7 it will. be seen that the plate 39 is formed with a radial slot and that a discharging member 4.6, somewhat longer than the slot is hingedly connected with the plate at the point 47 to lie lengthwise of the said slot on the upper side of the plate. Jaws 48 are formed on the bottom of the plate 39 and a lever 49 is pivoted between the said jaws, the long arm of the lever extending out below the slot to and carrying a wheel The short arm 52 of the lever stands rearwardly at a downward angle from the longer arm and is shaped to engage a track or cam 53, the said can] extending aroi'lnd the side of the sleeve 3;} opposite to the normal receiving position of the plate 39 on a circle of diverging diameter to a point exactly opposite the receiving position of the plate. As the short arm 52 of the lever travels along against the cam it is depressed by the same, and the wheel 51 is raised, thus raising the inner edge of the discharging member 46 and with it the sheaves of grain on the plate 39.

.In Fig. 5, fi l indicates by full lines, sheaves of grain as received by the plate 39, and an, by dotted lines, the said sheaves as they are being discharged from the plate. As the rotary movement of the plate 39 is comiaratively rapid, means are provided to hold the sheaves on the plate until the discharge point reched, said means comprising a fork member 55 pivotally secured to an eye 56 on the sleeve 33, the fork having a rearwardly projecting lever arm 57.

it rod l a one end tnrned through an opening in the lever 5 sheaf discharge inechanii-iin, to pivotal connection therewith as at 59, and the other end slotted as at 60, a stud 61 on the lever arm being slidingly engaged in the slot connecting the two. A collar (52 is slidingly mounted on the portion of the sleeve 32?) and a rod 63 is hinge connected to the collar at the point (ll and to the fork at the point 6:).

The collar 62 has a n'otnberance 0 projcetii'ig in line with the fork 55.

A second collar 67 loosely encircles the portion 55 of the sleeve 33 for free rotation of the sleeve therein, and is rigidly carried from the frame of the machine by a bracket member 68. The collar 67 has a depending portion 68 approximately one third of which is cut away to leave a space 69. The remaining portion of the collar is shaped to form an enlarged upper groove 70 and a bottom opening 71 thereto. The opening 71 is adapted to allow entry of the collar 62 therethrough and the groove 70 to receive the projection 66 on the collar when the said collar is turned on the sleeve.

It will be noted that in Fig. 2 the collar is shown in lowered position, while in Fig. 5 the full lines show the said collar in raised position, this discrepancy in the drawings allowing of elearness in the views and at the same time showing the movement of the said collar.

The operation of the sheaf holding apparatus is as followshen the plate 31$) is in position to receive sheaves from the hinder the Collar 62 is in its normal position within the collar 67 the engagen'ient of the projection 66 in the groove 70 serving to so main tain it, the fork 55 being in the elevated position as shown by the full lines in Figs. 5 and 10. When two sheaves have been received upon the plate 39 and rotation of the sleeve 33 thereby started, the collar 69. turns with the fork 55 and the projection ('36 passes the end "('2 of the groove 70, thus allowing the collar 2 to slide down on the sleeve portion 35 and the fork to engage the sheaves on the plate 39. The dropping of the fork of course carries the stud 61 to the rear end of the slot 60 in the rod 58.

hen the lever arm 52 on the sheaf ejecting means engag and is depr ssed by the cam 52%, the rod 08 drawn thereby, elevates the fork 55, the collar 62 again enter r" collar 67 and the projection 66 enga g in the groove 70 where it remains until the plate 39 again receives a load.

The slot 60 in the rod 58 it will be observed, provides for the return of the lever 52 to normal position after disengagement from the cam without interferiin gi with the elevated position of the fork 535. T n I the fork is allowed to drop when a load is on the plate 39, is elevated when discharge of the said load becomes due, and maintained in elevated position till the plate 39 is again loaded.

It will be understood of coarse that as the sheaves are received from the binder, their grain ends or heads are directed rearwar and that by the operation of the mech as described,they have been turned end.

As the sheaves are ejected from the turning mechanism they are received by the upcnding mechanism, this comprising a tron 72-3 of a width suitable to receive two shearves side by side. T

. he trough 73 is open at the rear end and the said rear end is connected by a hinge 'F-Lt with the door 4- of the :inaehine so that the trough may be tilted up on the hinge to vertical position.

75 indicates a spring member extending diagonally upward across the hinge pintle, the lower end of the spring being suitably secured to the floor ll and the upper end passing through a loop 76 on the side of the trough 73. The spring 75 thns disposed, is flexed in, one direction. when the trough is in recumbent position, and in the opposite direction when. the trough is in upright position the spring thns exerting its influence towards a point intermediate of the two positions and assisting to raise the trough in the first instance and to return it to recumbent position after it has been raised.

To operate the trough 73 a carriage is arranged to travel thereunder, the said carriage including an axle 77 carried by a fork 78.

A central elevating wheel 79 is rotatably mounted on the axle 77 to travel in a slot 80 formed in the floor at of the machine, and engage the under side of the trough '78, and a carriage wheel 81, of less diameter than that of the wheel 79 is mounted on the axle on each side of the said elevating wheel, to travel on the inclined tracks 82 on each side of the slot 80.

A rod 83 extends from the fork 78 to the lower end of a depending member 8% with which it is pivotally connected at the point 85. The member 81 is provided on its up per end with a sleeve 86 pivotally mounted between fixed collars 87 of a shaft 88 suitably carried by the upper frame members 5 and (3. A horizontal shaft 89 suitably sup ported by the frame uprights 8 has in its length a crank 90, and a rod 91 connects the said crank with the depending member Set. A sprocket wheel 92 is mounted on the shaft 89, and a similar sprocket wheel 93 is carried by a clutch member 94 on the shaft 24, the drive chain 95 connecting the said sprocket wheels.

It should here be explained that the clutch 9 1, as well as all other clutches used in the machine, is of the type shown sectionally in Fig. 26, in which a may indicate any moving shaft, while 6-?) are bars carried at each end by a member 0 secured to the shaft a.

(Z indicates a casing rotatably mounted on the shaft 0, and e a spring having one end secured to the casing, the said spring being normally inclined to close down towards the shaft (6 and having a hook f to engage either of the bars I) and a head r projecting out through an opening 72 in the peripheral wall of the casing. is an extraneously supported lever which may be tilted on its pivot to engage the head 9 of the spring, and so to remove the hook from engagement with the bar Z), in which case the casing cl would be at rest or moved to the position indicated by the dotted lines to allow the clutch to become operative.

96 indicates a lever normally engaging the head 97 of the clutch 941 the lever being pivotally carried from the frame member 5 of the machine at the point 98 and having a depending arm 99 shaped to extend under the platform 29, a member 100 connected with the depending member 99 projecting up through the platform 29 in the line of travel of the plate 89. The upwardly projecting member ma have a cross bar 101 at the top to engage t e bottom of the plate 39 as it passes.

After delivery of two sheaves of grain to the trough 73, the outer under side of the plate 39 as it passes, engages the cross bar 101 and depresses the member 100, thus actuating the lever 96 to remove it from engagement with the head 97 of the clutch 94 and so allowing the said clutch to move with the shaft 2 1, anal, through its sprocket wheel and chain connection with the sprocket wheel 92, to drive the shaft 89. The

crank 90 on the shaft 89 now serves to swing the depending member 8 1 rearwardly, the carriage being driven under the trough 7 3, and the said trough and the sheaves therein, elevated to vertical position by reason of the contact of the under side of the trough with the moving wheel 79.

A stook former 102 to be hereinafter more fully described, stands ready to receive the said sheaves, the stook former having on each side a serrate-fl loop like spring member 103 arranged to yield laterally as the sheaves are forced between the said springs.

It will here be noted that the trough 73 is hinged so that when reaching its vertical position it enters the open front of the stook former to force the sheaves between the springs 103, slots 102 in the sides of the trough allowing the springs to grip the sheaves while still in the trough and hold them during the return movement of the trough.

A spring 105 carried by a bracket 106 on the frame member 5 is secured to the lever 96, the spring becoming operative after passage of the plate 39, to return the lever 96 to its normal position to engage the head. 97 and bring the clutch member 94 to rest after a single revolution.

A spur pinion 107 is mounted on the shaft 89, and a gear wheel. 108 in mesh with the pinion, has in the present instance precisely four times the number of teeth in the pinion, the gear 108 being carried by a stub shaft 109 and having a block 110 on one side to engage upon each complete revolution, the end of a lever 111, pivoted as at 112, and normally maintained by a spring 113 in position to engage the head 111v of a clutch member 115 on the shaft 24: to hold the said clutch normally nonrevoluble.

At each revolution of the shaft 89, a pair of sheaves are placed between the springs 103, each pair forcing the previous pair rearwardly in the stook former 102. \Vhen four pairs of sheaves have been thus placed, the block 110 on the gear 108 trips the lever 111, thus releasing the head 11% of the clutch 115 and allowing the said clutch to move with the shaft 2%.

A plate 116 is mounted to slide in the space 117 between the uprights 9 and 10 on each side of the machine, a rack 118 being secured to the plate and engaged by a pinion 119 on a shaft 120 suitably carried from the frame of the machine, the shaft 120 being universally connected as at 121 with sfon 122 provided with a crank 12 by which the shaft and extension may be op rated 'tronji the driver s seat on the hinder, to raise or lower the plate 116 to a height si'iitable to the length of the grain being handled.

The plate 116 may be cut out in arch form as is shown at 1 -1, to provide head room for the sheaves, and a knotter 125 such as is con'm'ionly used on grain binding machines, is secured to the plate on one side at the point 126. i

A. shaft 127 forming part of the knotter mechanism, extends up vertically therefrom, and, carries a disk 128 having a pin 129 off centre to form a crank. A rod 130 connects the pin 129 with the crank 131 on the upper end oi a vertical shaft 132 rotatively mounted in bearii'igs 13?; on the plate 116 on the opposite side of the arch 12 1 from the knotter.

A. spur gear 12-H- on the lower end of the shaft 132 iitniesh with a similar gear 135 on a short upright shaft 136 suitably supported from the plate 116.

A. needle arm 137 is rigidly serurid upon the shaft 132 and a compression arm 136 yieldingly carried upon the shaft 136 against a spring 139 rigidly supported from the said shaft 136.

ct drive chain 1410 connects a sprocket "wheel 141-1 on the clutch 115 with a sprocketwheel. 1 12 on a short horizontal shaft 143 suitably supported from the plate 1.16, and a initre wheel 11% on the horizontal shaft lei-I13 is in mesh with the wheel 1459 on the vertical shaft 127.

lvlovement of the clutch 115 brought about as previously described results in the operation ot the binding mechanism to pass a cord around the eight sheaves in the stook tormer, the operation of binding the sheaves together being Well known in the art of grain hai'idling and merely forming an element in the total functioning of the machine under disclosure.

The binding of the sheaves together requires the duration of a single rotation of the shaft 24-, and immediately upon passage of the block 110 on the gear wheel. 108 the lever 111 is, by the spring 11% returned to its i'iormal position in the path of the head 11:1; 01' the clutch 115 to ei'lgage the said head. and stop the o iieration of the binding mechanism.

The stool: former 102 comprises a. pair ot' similar members 1&6 suspended horizon tally from the spaced bars 14.7 supported from the frame structure as vshown. The members 141-6 are preferably closed on the bottom and sides, and partially closed at their rear ends, and they are normally maintained in receiving position by their own weight assisted by a toggle 1&8 on each side.

The toggles 1 18 each com iirise a member 149 and a member 156 hinged together as at 15.1 to abut when in their normal posh tions. The ends of the members 1 1-9 are hinged to the sides of the stool: -forming members as at the points 152 and the outer ends of the members are hinged at the points 155 to the outer ends of brackets 15-1 carried from the frame members or sills 1 and 2.

The abutting ends of the members 149 and 150 are cut away to form spaces 15o extend ing on each side of the hinge pintles 156.

A shaft 157 crossing the machine immediately above the stook former 102, is journalled in bearings 158 on the frame mem bers 5 and 6. Normally downwardly directed cranks 159 on each end of the shaft 157 have rods 160 extending down to the toggles 1 18, the lower ends of the rods pass ing through the openings therein, and the said lower ends being torincd with slots .161 through which the hinge pintles 156 pass.

A sprmrket wheel 162 mounted on the sha'tt 157 is connected by a drive chain 1621 with a sprocket wheel 16% on a clutch 165 on the shalt A lever 166 is mounted on a shaft 167 suitably rotatably carried from the frame of the machine to normally engage the head 168 of the clutch 165 to prevent rotation thereof, the shaft 167 xtending across to the binder and having on its end a crank 169 connected by a rod 170 with a pedal 171 convenient for operation by the driver.

hen four pairs of sheaves have been bound together in the stool: former the driver operates the pedal 171 to remove the lever 166 from contact with the head 168 of the clutch 165, the clutch immediately operating to rotate the shaft 157, the crank 159 drawing up the rods 160 and the lower ends of the slots 161 presently engaging the hinge pintles 156 to raise the toggles 148. Supporting members or brackets 172, it willbe observed, are secured to the edges of each. of the toggle members 1-19 and 150. the said brackets being shaped to project above the planes of the toggle members when the latter are in their normal or horizontal positions, and coiled springs 173 under tensiom have their ends secured to the brackets. 1V hen the toggles are lifted as described, the tension of the springs. 173 is at first increased by the divergence of the ends of the brackets 17 and when the hinge pintles 156 have risen above the plane of the springs the latter become operable to snap the toggle members 149 and 150 to-- Wards each other with a folding movement, the slots 161 in the rods 160 permitting the hinge pintles to rise under action of the springs more rapidly than they would have done under actuation of the cranks 159.

As the ends of the toggle members 149 are hinged to the brackets 154 the said hinges 153 become the centres around which the hinges 152 describe an upward are, thereby, as is easily understood by reference to the dotted lines in Fig. 20, separating the bottoms of the stook forming members 147 and allowing the bound stook to drop straight down with its butt upon the ground.

It will be observed that the rods 160 have in their lengths the hinged joints 17 1 which permit their lower portions to depart from the perpendicular to accommodate themselves to the movements of the toggles.

The shaft 157 of course continues to revolve during the depositing of the stook, and when the cranks 159 have completed a half revolution, the rods 160 proceed to force the toggles 148 down again by pressure upon the hinge pintles, the springs 173 again coming into play through the reverse movement, to snap the toggles into extended position, and therethrough, the members 1&7 of the stook former into their normal or receiving position. \Vhen the stook former has reached this position, or slightly thereafter, the shaft 157 has completed a single revolution and the, lever 166, by reason of the action of a spring 175 on the rod 170 of the pedal connection, is in position to intercept the head 168 of the clutch 165 to stop further operation of the stook delivery mechanism.

From the foregoing description it will be seen, that the machine combines in simple and practical form, weight operated means by which the sheaves when received from the binder are turned end for end and delivered to the automatically operated upending mechanism; means by which when the proper number of sheaves have been placed in the stook former on end, they are bound to gether in stook form; and manually operated means by which mechanically operated means are set in motion to separate the members of the stook former to deposit the bound stook upon end upon the ground. In connection with the latter operation it will be noted that the greatest length of the stook is in the direction of the line of travel of the machine and that the opening of the stook former by a lateral separation from the centre is well calculated to spread the bottom of the stook, so that when. it is dropped abruptly upon the ground with the force of its own weight, it is self braced and in proper condition to stand upright and without danger of being overturned by action of the machine or otherwise.

The description as set out covers the preferred forms of the various features of the machine, but it is not intended to exhaust the many modificationsof structure and mechanical equivalents which might be used as substitutes for the means shown to" carryout the necessary operations, such variations would however be considered as within the spirit of the invention were they seen to come within the scope of the appended claims.

\Vhat I claim is 1. The combination with a shaft and means to rotate the said shaft, of a receiver mounted on the shaft adapted to receive sheaves from a binder, and means operated by the weight of said sheaves to cause rotation of the receiver from the shaft in a horizontal plane to turn the sheaves end for end.

2. The combination with a shaft means to rotate the shaft, and a driving member mounted upon the said shaft, of a yieldingly supported sheaf receiver freely mounted on the shaft and having a driven member engageable with the driving member to rotate therewith in a horizontal plane upon depression of the receiver upon reception of a sheaf thereon.

3. The combination with a vertical shaft means to rotate the shaft, and a driving member mounted upon the said shaft, of a sheaf receiver formed With a sleeve freely mounted on the shaft, a driven member on the sleeve, a spring operative to maintain the driving and driven members normally spaced apart, the reception of a sheaf causing the depression of the receiver and the engagement of the driving and driven members to rotate the receiver in a horizontal plane.

4. The combination with a vertical shaft means to rotate the shaft, and a driving member mounted upon the said shaft, of a sheaf receiver having a sleeve freely mounted on the shaft, a chamber in the sleeve, a collar rigid on the shaft within the chamber, a cap adjustably mounted on the top of the chamber and providing a flange projecting thereinto, a coiled spring interposed between the flange on the cap and the collar on the shaft operative to maintain the receiver normally in raised position, and a driven member secured on the sleeve adapted to engage the driving member on the shaft when the receiver is depressed by the weight of a sheaf.

The combination with a shaft means to rotate the shaft, a sheaf receiver free on the shaft and means to cause ii'itermittent rotation of the receiver in unison with the shaft, of a member normally lying prone in a, plane parallel with the plane of the receiver, and means operable at a half revolution of the receiver to tilt the member to discharge the sheaf from the receiver.

6. The combination with a vertical shaft and means to rotate the said shaft, of a sheafreceiver on the shaft normally positioned to receive sheaves from a binder and intermittently operated to rotate in unison hhe h ft, a hinge member Connected to normally lie in the plane of the receiver, a lever pivotally connected to the receiver to travel therewith, and. a stationary cam adapted to engage the lever as the receiver rotates to cause the engagement of the lever with the hinged member at a halt revolution of the receiver to ell'ect discharge of the sheaves therefrom.

7. The combination with a sheal receiver, means to rotate the receiver and means to discharge sheaves from the receiver at definite point in the circle oti its rotation, of means to maintain the sheaves on the receiver, and means cooperative with the discharge means to release the sheaf m taining means as the shea'l discharge position is reached.

F5. The combination with a shoal receiver, means to rotate the receiver and means to discharge sheaves from the receiver at a certain point in the circle of its rotation, oi: a tori; having its tin-es normally positioned to engage a shoal on the receiver, means coactive with the sheet discharge means to elevate the fork and permit discharge ot the shoal", and means to maintain the fork in elevated position to permit reloaiiling' oi the receiver.

9. The combination with means adapted to receive sheaves from a binder, means to rotate the receiver in a horizontal plane to turn the sheaves end for end, and means to discharge the said sheaves from the receiver, of means adapted to receive the sheaves from the discharge means in prone position and to upend the same, said last means (ifllllPllSlllQ' a trough having: one end hinged to a permanent part of the 'nctnre, and means automatically in motion hy rota tion of the sheaf rer no" means, to upend the trtmgh.

l0. The combination with means adapted to receive sheaves trom a binder, n'ieans to rotate the receiving means to tnrn the sheaves end for end, and means to discharre the said sheaves from the receiving;' means, oil a member normally positioned to receive the sheaves from the discharge means in prone position and hz'iving one end hinged to a stable portion. oi the machine, a carriage below the said member having a Wheel to engagethe same, and means operated by rotation oi the sheat rcrei .'in;, means to drive the carria z e under the memher to more the same to vertical po:-=ition.

ii, In a stoolzin g' machine in combination, a shout receiving: member mounted for 1'0- lation in a horimnlal plane to turn the sheaves end for end means to discharge the sheaves at a given point in the circle of rotation of the receiver, a stock former, a trough hinged to the machine normally positioned to receive sheaves from the dis charge means to more the trongrh on its hinge to vertical position deliver the sheaves to the stock former and yielding means on the stook former adapted to grasp the said sheaves and maintain them in standing position.

12. In a stocking machine in combination, a receiver adapted to receive sheaves from a binder, means operable upon reception oft said sheaves to cause rotation of the receiver to turn the said sheaves end for end, means to discharge the sheaves from the receiver, a stook forn'ier, a trough normally snbstantially horizontally positioned to receive the sheavis from the discharge means, means to tilt the trough to vertical position and deliver the sheaves to the stool: former yielding means on the stool; former to grasp and retain the sheaves in standing position, a knotter mechanism, and count means operated by a plurality of movements of the trough to operate the lmotter mechanism to bind the sheaves togggether in stool: form.

13. In a stooking machine, a stool: former comprising: a pair of horizontally suspended similar sections, providing normally substantially meeting level floors adapted to acconnnodate a plurality oi sheaves in standing position, a knotter mechanism adapted to bind the sheaves to gether in stool; form, toggles normally supporting the svations in closed position, operating mechanism. connected with the toggles, a shaft, means to rotate the shaft, normally idle clutch mechanism on the shaft. trans:- mission means connecting the clutch mechanism with the toggle operating mechanism. and means permitting operation of the clutch mechanism at times to operate the toggles, thereby opening: the stock lkn'mer to drop the stook.

. i. In a stooking machine, a stool; tormer ron'iprising a. pair of horizontally suspended similar sections normally positioi'ied with their floors substantially meeting;- to accommodate a plurality of sheaves in standing position, means to bind the sheaves together in stoolr form, toggles normally positioned to maintain the normal position of the similar sections. and means to (me):- ate the toggles intermittently operated from a n'ioving part of the mechanism to snap the sections apart to deposit the stool: upon the ground.

l5. In a stookinemachine, a stook former comprising a pair oi horizontally suspended similar sections open at the front and having their floors normally meeting, means to deliver sheaves to the stool; former in pairs, gripping means on the similar sections adapted to retain the said sheaves in standing position and. yieldable to allow oi the retreat of the sheaves in the stool: tormer due to the forcible entrance of the next following pair of sheaves, means to bind the sheaves in stool: form, and means to open the stool: former to deposit the stoolr.

16. In a stocking machine, a stook former comprising a pair of suitably supported horizontally suspended for opposite rocking movement and having their floors normally meeting, toggle means connected with each section, crank means to simultaneously operate the toggles to snap the sections apart to deposit a stook on the ground, and intermittently operated means to actuate the crank means.

17. In a stooking machine, a stook form or coi'nprising a pair of similar sections spaced horizontal bars,'a pair of similar sections suspended in hinge fashion from the bars with their floors normally sub stantially meeting to accommodate a plurality of sheaves, yielding means on the sections adapted to grasp and maintain the sheaves in standing position, a knotter mechanism adapted to bind the sheaves together in stook form, toggles operatively connected with the sections and the frame work of the machine to normally brace the sections in closed position, a shaft, cranks on the shaft, rods connecting the toggles with the cranks, and means to cause rotation of the shaft at times, to operate the cranks to actuate the toggle members and open the sections of the stook former.

18. A stooking machine comprising a shaft and means to rotate the said shaft, a driving member on the shaft, a sleeve slid ably mounted upon the shaft, a receiver on the sleeve normally positioned to receive sheaves from a binder, a spring operative to maintain the sleeve normally in raised position, a driven member on the sleeve adapted to engage the driving member on the shaft upon the reception of a plurality of sheaves by the receiver, and means to discharge the sheaves from the receiver at a half revolution of the same around the shaft.

lfi). A stocking machine comprising a shaft and means to rotate the said shaft, a sheaf receiver operatively connected with the shaft normally positioned to receive sheaves from a binder, means operable upon reception of a plurality of sheaves, to connect the receiver with the shaft for rota-- tion in unison therewith, means to dis charge the sheaves at a half revolution of the receiver, and means to stop revolution of the receiver upon its return to the receiving point.

20. A stooking machine comprising a frame, a shaft supported vertically in the frame, means to rotate the shaft, a sheaf receiver loosely connected with the shaft, interengagable driving means on the shaft and receiver mechanism, means preventing engagement of the driving means until two sheaves have been received by the receiver, a normally prone trough hinged to the frame, means actuated by rotation of the sheaf receiver to discharge the sheaves from the receiver at a half revolution of the same into the trough, similarly actuated means to tilt the trough to vertical position to discharge the sheaves therefrom, a stook former tH'lZLPtGtl to receive the sheaves and retain the same in standing position, repeated movements of the trough serving to fill the stook former, a knotter mechanism, count means actuated by a plurality of movements of the trough to actuate the knotter mechanism, to bind the sheaves in stook form, said stook former comprising normally substantially meeting floors upon which the stook stands and sides extending upwardly and hinged to the frame, toggles normally supporting the stook former in closed position, a shaft, cranks on the shaft, rods extending between the cranks and toggles, formed with slots adjacent their ends, pins connected with the toggles passing through the slots in the rods, means to rotate the shaft, the pins therethrough engaging the bottoms of the slots in the rods and being thereby lifted past the dead centre, and springs operative above the dead centre to snap the floors of the stook former apart.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signa ture.

JOSHUA KENNEDY LAMBERT. 

